Mushi-Shi
AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 10/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 9/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 9/10Nature & scienceThe natural world or science itself as the subject.This show: 8/10Wonder & aweSpectacle and imagination that expand the world.This show: 8/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 8/10SupernaturalGhosts, demons and powers beyond nature in our own world.This show: 8/10Visually strikingComposition and imagery worth pausing for.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Yûto NakanoTravis WillinghamKôjun ItôJennifer SemanMika DoiHiroshi Shimozaki
Starring
Yûto NakanoTravis WillinghamKôjun ItôJennifer SemanMika DoiHiroshi Shimozaki
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About
"Quiet folklore anthology about nature's strange, sad logic"
Ginko is a wandering "mushishi," an expert on mushi: ancient, ghostlike lifeforms that blur into the natural world and quietly disrupt human lives. Each episode drops him into a new village to untangle a strange affliction rooted in one of these creatures. The show is hushed, painterly, and unhurried, more folklore anthology than plot-driven drama. There's little action; instead it lingers on atmosphere, texture, and small human sorrows. It rewards patience and quiet attention, feeling less like a story with a destination and more like a series of eerie, melancholy fables you sit with one at a time.
Watch it for
the hypnotic, painterly atmosphere and its wistful, self-contained folklore stories.
Maybe skip if
you want serialized plot, action, or fast pacing rather than slow, contemplative mood pieces.
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Season 12005
8.17K2610h 5m
They are neither plants nor animals. They differ from other forms of life such as the micro-organisms and the fungi. Instead they resemble the primeval body of life and are generally known as "Mushi". Their existence and appearance are unknown to many and only a limited number of humans are aware of them. Ginko is a "Mushi-shi" who travels around to investigate and find out more about the "Mushi". In the process, he also lends a helping hand to people who face problems with supernatural occurances which may be related to the "Mushi".
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Green Seat | 7.7 | 455 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Mabuta no hikari | 8.1 | 397 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Yawarakai kado | 7.8 | 336 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Pillow Lane | 8.3 | 334 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | The Traveling Swamp | 7.8 | 301 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | The Crowd That Inhales Dew | 7.7 | 282 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | The Rain Comes, a Rainbow Forms | 8.1 | 282 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | From the Sea Border | 8.2 | 277 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Heavy Fruit | 7.9 | 250 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | White in the Ink Slab | 7.8 | 245 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 11 | The Mountain Sleeps | 8.0 | 243 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | One-Eyed Fish | 9.0 | 402 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 13 | Bridge at Night | 7.7 | 233 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 14 | Inside the Cage | 8.7 | 284 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 15 | Exaggeration in Spring | 8.1 | 239 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 16 | Daybreak's Snake | 8.1 | 230 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 17 | Picking the Fake Cocoon | 8.2 | 237 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 18 | Clothes to Embrace the Mountain | 7.8 | 230 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 19 | String of Heaven | 8.3 | 237 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 20 | The Sea of Brushes | 8.7 | 253 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 21 | The Cotton Spore | 8.8 | 290 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 22 | Underwater Shrine | 8.2 | 218 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 23 | Twitter of Rusts | 7.9 | 212 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 24 | Journey in the Field of Fire | 7.7 | 209 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 25 | Eye of Fortune, Eye of Calamity | 8.1 | 211 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 26 | Sound of Stepping Grass | 8.3 | 225 | 23 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Yûto Nakano Ginko
Travis Willingham Ginko
Kôjun Itô
Jennifer Seman Narrator, Nui
Mika Doi Narration, Koe, Narrator
Hiroshi Shimozaki Villager #1, Father, Ferryman #1
Ryô Naitô Dealer, Farmer #1, Fisherman #1
Brina Palencia Biki, Nami, Shige
Luci Christian Extra, Family member #1, Mio
Kenny Green Extra, Farmhand, Mushi Master B
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